amend (cf. the much more freq. MEND)
1.
to correct,
reform, improve
LLL. IV. iii. 76
“God amend us,”
1H4 III. i. 179, 2H4 I. ii. 143; to
repair, mend
Cor. IV. vii. 12
“I must excuse What
cannot be amended.”
2.
to become better,
recover
Tp. V. i. 115
“Th' affliction of my
mind amends,”
Tw.N. I. v. 53.